A Chinese 'Junyao' dish

A Chinese 'Junyao' dish, Northern Song or Jin Dynasty (960-1234), well potted with the wide shallow sides raised on a short foot, covered overall with an attractive milky sky-blue glaze thinning to a mushroom tone at the rim, the unglazed foot showing the grey stoneware body, Radcliffe collection label 'B2', exhibition labels for Cape Town 1953 and BADA, 17.5cm diameterProvenance: Major Edward Copleston Radcliffe (1898-1967) collection and listed in the family archive as purchased from Bluett & Sons in 1953 for £5-0s-0d, but listed in the Bluett archive as 'a flat chun saucer with lavender glaze, 7in', sold to Major Radcliffe May 9th, 1934, for £7.10.00 having been purchased from Mr Harwood, March 5th, 1934 for £5.00 Exhibited: National Gallery of South Africa, Chinese Exhibition, Cape Town, 1953, no. 44 宋至金 钧釉盘拍品来源：Edward Copleston Radcliffe (1898-1967) 少校私人收藏（家族档案编号B2），其在家族档案中记载为1953年以5英镑购自英国著名古董商Bluett & Sons，然而在Bluett的档案中记载为1934年3月5日购自Harwood先生收藏，并于同年5月9日以7.1英镑售于Radcliffe少校展览信息：南非国家画廊，中国艺术，1953年，开普敦，编号44号